About the Role
NYS Universe is seeking an AI Automation & DevOps Engineer to design, build, and operate reliable AI-powered automation systems and cloud infrastructure. This onsite, full-time role in Ajman combines backend engineering, workflow automation, platform operations, and production reliability.
Key Responsibilities
Build and maintain AI-powered applications and automation workflows.
Integrate language models, APIs, databases, webhooks, and third-party services.
Develop background workers, queues, scheduled jobs, retries, and monitoring.
Manage cloud infrastructure, Linux servers, Docker containers, and networking.
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
Configure observability, logging, alerts, backups, and disaster recovery.
Manage environments, secrets, access controls, domains, and certificates.
Monitor system performance, availability, security, and operating costs.
Investigate production incidents and implement long-term fixes.
Document architecture, deployment procedures, and operational runbooks.
Success Metrics
Reliable and observable production systems.
Safe, repeatable deployments.
Fast incident detection and recovery.
Secure handling of infrastructure and user data.
Predictable infrastructure and AI operating costs.
Maintainable and scalable automation workflows.
Desired Candidate Profile
Requirements
2–5 years of experience in backend, DevOps, or automation engineering.
Strong experience with Node.js, Python, or similar backend technologies.
Experience integrating AI/LLM APIs into production systems.
Solid knowledge of Docker, Linux, Git, and CI/CD.
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
Strong PostgreSQL or equivalent database experience.
Familiarity with queues, workers, event-driven systems, and APIs.
Experience with monitoring tools such as Sentry, Grafana, Datadog, or CloudWatch.
Understanding of security, secrets management, backups, and access control.
Strong troubleshooting and incident-response skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Kubernetes or container orchestration experience.
Infrastructure as code using Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, or CDK.
Experience with serverless functions and managed databases.
Experience optimizing AI/API costs and latency.
Familiarity with mobile and web deployment pipelines.
Job Details
Location: Ajman, UAE (Onsite)
Employment type: Full-time
Salary: AED 3,000 – 5,000 per month